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Taxi firm Uber starts same-day grocery delivery service in US
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28869386Taxi and private car hire service Uber has launched a grocery delivery service in the US.

The Corner Store facility is available as an option via its main smartphone app and covers more than 100 items.

The products are competitively priced against high street stores, and there is no delivery fee.

The service is an "experiment" limited to Washington DC at this time, but it makes them the latest in a series of tech firms to move into the sector.

Amazon operates AmazonFresh, a same-day "fresh produce and grocery" delivery service, in California and Seattle.

Google offers Shopping Express, a fast-delivery service from Whole Foods, Costco and other stores, that was launched in San Francisco and is now being expanded to New York and Los Angeles.

And Instacart charges a fee to send "personal shoppers" to pick up and deliver a wide range of goods from selected stores promising a one or two hour turnaround. It operates in several US cities including Connecticut, Atlanta, New York and Philadelphia.

One retail analyst suggested that Uber might hope to benefit from giving its drivers - who work on a freelance basis - jobs to do during quiet times of the day.

However, he questioned whether the business model stacked up.•••